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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Another Court Rules Against Prez Attempted Transgender Military Ban


" ... Plaintiffs assert that President Trump’s arbitrary decision, plainly inconsistent with all available data, to exclude men and women who are transgender from military service serves no legitimate interest and cannot be reconciled with the liberty and equality protected by the Constitution...

[T]he Fifth Amendment itself withdraws from Government the power to degrade or demean . . .” Windsor, 133 S. Ct. at 2695. An unexpected announcement by the President and Commander in Chief of the United States via Twitter that “the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military” certainly can be considered shocking under the circumstances..."

Judge Marvin J. Garbis, US District Court for the District of Maryland, November 21, 2017. 

     Click here to read the entire decision

     Click here to read it on the court's website (Stone v. Trump) 

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